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Port Wine?

What port wines do you enjoy?

I personally don't much care for ruby ports and tend to stay with Taylor Fladgate Fine Tawny, 10yr, and 20yr Tawny. However if for some reason Fladgate is unavailable Graham's is next in line.
 
I'm a Taylor Fladgate man myself. I don't much care for the 10 year, as I find that I would rather drink less frequently but spring for the 20 year. I have tried the 30 year, and it almost ruined me. That was some fine sipping. When I stumbled upon a bottle of 40 year in the local vintages section, I had to be dragged out by my wife. I didn't have $400 to spend, but I don't doubt for a moment that it would have been worth every penny.
 
I always like Sandeman Port it's fairly prices and always seems to be available.
I also like port from the island of Madeira off the coast of Portugal. Like Port, it comes in different varieties but, because it's from the island of Madeira, it is of course, called Madeira not Port.
Because, I'm from Long Island and we have local vinyards, I tried Pindar Cabernet Port which turned out to be exceptional.
The movie, Mutiny on the Bounty, with Marlon Brando got me into port wine. There's a scene where Brando is having an after dinner Port with the captain and he comments, "Damn fine Port!".

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I usually go for Graham's "Six Grapes" ruby port, or a LBV.

I'm a Taylor Fladgate man myself. I don't much care for the 10 year, as I find that I would rather drink less frequently but spring for the 20 year. I have tried the 30 year, and it almost ruined me. That was some fine sipping. When I stumbled upon a bottle of 40 year in the local vintages section, I had to be dragged out by my wife. I didn't have $400 to spend, but I don't doubt for a moment that it would have been worth every penny.

... not really so iron-fisted then, as much as "flatbroke". Perhaps a username change is in order.

I always like Sandeman Port it's fairly prices and always seems to be available.
I also like port from the island of Madeira off the coast of Portugal. Like Port, it comes in different varieties but, because it's from the island of Madeira, it is of course, called Madeira not Port.

It's just Madeira.

It's fortified, like Port, and made in Portugal, like Port, but there the differences begin. There are different types of grapes used, and Madeira is actually heated quite a bit for extended periods of time.
 
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